Contemporary History Platform provides a meeting ground for comparatively-minded scholars working on the history of the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.

Pasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies was established in 2002 as a core of a transnational, interdisciplinary, intercultural network of scholars. Its mission has been to bridge teaching and research and as such, to contribute to the training and career development of emerging scholars, in connection with specific research projects. As an interface between the university and the external research environment, Pasts, Inc., fills an important function as a vehicle for the academic socialization of PhD students and recent graduates.